Windermere Property Managment

In 2009 I hired Winderemere Property Management to act as rental agent for my home in West Seattle. I was out of the country at the time. WPM accepted a tenant and told me that her application had been scrutinized and all of her references checked. The moment the tenant moved in she closed her bank accounts and all funds to me were negated. It took Windermere almost two weeks to alert me that all checks had bounced. It took over three months (of no rental monies to me) to evict the tenant. The courts awarded me restitution from the tenant who of course ignored the court order. I have never received a dime. The same day that the court ordered in my favor Lori Gill, owner of WPM fired me as a client, leaving me with the evicted tenant still in my home. Again, I was out of the country with no recourse. The police were called and at the final moment, the tenant left. When my attorney inquired as to the vetting process … proof of this woman’s references, her job, her former landlords, we were informed a third party did the vetting but that we could not see the report. The tenant (whom I later located but of course received no monies) said that no one had ever checked her references. Her credit rating was horrific and Windermere should never have rented to her; this is from the tenant!
Lori Gill has never acknowledged her inefficiency and lack of professionalism. Her total disregard toward protecting me and my home while I was out of the country was beyond comprehension. I would never recommend this agency as a rental agent. I have never been a victim in my life. This was a first. I lost not only the 3 months’ rental monies the court ordered paid, but legal fees as well as rental monies for the rest of the year. I had to remodel my home after this tenant left. Working with WPM was the worst experience of my life.
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